Question

Tasha has eight more fish than Oscar, who has twice as many fish as Cecilia. If altogether they have 148 fish, how many fish do each of them have??

Answer 1

They each have 64

Explanation:

let C = number of fish that Cecilia has --- then, O = 2C, where O = number of fish that Oscar has --- and T = O + 8 = 2C + 8, where T = number of fish that Tasha has --- then, C + O + T = C + 2C + (2C + 8) = 148 --- or, 5C + 8 = 148 --- or, 5C = 140 --- or, C = 140/5 = 28 --- and, O = 2C = 2(28) = 56 --- and, T = O + 8 = 56 + 8 = 64